What Advanced Tower Services does

Advanced Tower Services, LLC (ATS) is a privately held specialty contractor headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, providing turnkey construction, modification, maintenance, and demolition services for communications tower infrastructure. The company was spun off in 2001 from Advanced Communications and Electronics, Inc. (founded 1994) and operates with 11-50 employees across the Southwest United States, including New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Louisiana, and Texas. Its core service lines encompass guyed, self-supporting, monopole, and rooftop tower erection; tower modification and maintenance (including plumb/tension, grounding, EIA/TIA-222 inspections, mapping, and FCC site auditing); equipment installation for antenna, microwave, broadcast, and rooftop systems; tower demolition with site restoration; and Cell Tower on Wheels (COW) rentals for temporary coverage.

Revenue is generated primarily through project-based professional services contracts with tower owners, broadcasters, and government/public safety agencies, supplemented by equipment rentals. Supporting capabilities include helicopter materials transport for difficult terrain (e.g., FAA projects on Mt Franklin), drone-based inspection and mapping, microwave dish installation with line-of-sight and path studies, and in-house FAA/FCC permitting. The company maintains state contractor licenses in New Mexico (#84610) and California (#1148382), NATE membership, and a dense stack of workforce certifications (OSHA 10/30, MSHA, ANSI 1019 A, R56, plus factory certifications from Andrew, CommScope, and RFS).

Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting large infrastructure projects; pricing is quote-based and customized to project scope. There is no public revenue disclosure, no institutional funding, and no channel/reseller distribution. Strategic relationships include a sister-company alliance with Advanced Communications and Electronics for bundled microwave network deployments, and supplier relationships for microwave and cable/connector equipment.

Name

Advanced Tower Services

Legal name

Advanced Tower Services, LLC.

Website

https://advtower.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Advanced Tower Services is a private Albuquerque-based specialty contractor providing turnkey construction, modification, maintenance, demolition, and inspection services for communications towers, serving telecom carriers, broadcasters, and government agencies across the Southwest United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Albuquerque

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Project-based revenue from new tower construction, modification, and demolition services. Revenue is earned through one-time contracts for site construction, equipment installation, and construction management services.
2. Staffing Services: Radio tower communications site staffing services providing skilled crews with truck, foreman, and equipment for project assistance.
3. Equipment Rentals: Rental of Cell Tower on Wheels (COW) mobile units for temporary communication infrastructure needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Advanced Tower Services is a full-service communications infrastructure construction and staffing firm that builds, modifies, maintains, and demolishes radio, cellular, broadcast, and wireless towers. The company delivers turnkey services including guyed, self-supporting, monopole, and rooftop tower construction, antenna and microwave equipment installation, tower inspections and structural analysis, FAA/FCC permitting and filing, drone-based inspection and mapping, and Cell Tower on Wheels (COW) rentals for temporary coverage.

Product overview

Advanced Tower Services is a full-service radio tower communications site construction firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of tower services. The company operates as a unified service provider with five core service lines: Tower Construction (guyed, self-supporting, monopole, and rooftop tower installations), Tower Modification & Maintenance (structural analysis, inspections, modifications, and repairs), Equipment Installation (antenna, microwave, broadcast, and rooftop systems), Tower Demolition (dismantling and site restoration), and Rentals (Cell Tower on Wheels mobile coverage). The company also provides supporting services including design-build, permitting, FAA/FCC filing, drone inspection, mapping, construction management, and utility/generator installations. The services are delivered as an integrated offering—handling single project components or managing the entire project from design through activation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tower Construction
• Tower Modification & Maintenance
• Equipment Installation
• Tower Demolition
• Microwave Communication Dish Installation
• Cell Tower on Wheels (COW) Rental
• Design Build Services
• Drone Inspection
• FAA/FCC Filing and Permitting
• Communications Site Staffing Services

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Advanced Communications and Electronics, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company relationship providing engineered network solutions. ATS partners with Advanced Communications and Electronics for end-to-end microwave installation services, combining ATS's construction expertise with the sister company's electronics capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Helix Wireless: Helix Wireless provides specialized tower services and small-cell/DAS deployments. Comparable to ATS's emerging service extensions (COW, drone inspection, small-cell-adjacent work) but with a narrower focus and earlier stage of scale.

Direct peers

• B+T Group: B+T Group provides tower engineering, modification, and construction management services for telecom and broadcast customers. Directly comparable to ATS on structural analysis, tower modification, and EIA/TIA inspection offerings, with a similar safety/certification-driven go-to-market.
• Stout & Company: Stout & Company delivers turnkey tower construction, antenna and line installation, and site services to carriers and broadcasters. Closely comparable to ATS on the integrated construction + equipment installation model and regional carrier customer base.
• Total Site Solutions: Total Site Solutions (formerly Black Diamond Group's telecom services arm) delivers nationwide tower construction, modification, and staffing. Comparable to ATS on the full-service model including site builds, structural reinforcement, and crew leasing for tower owners.
• Vertical Structures Inc. (VSI): VSI provides tower inspection, maintenance, and modification services with similar NATE-aligned safety practices. Directly comparable to ATS on structural analysis, tower modification, and recurring inspection contracts for tower owners.

Regional players

• Northeast Tower Services: Northeast Tower Services delivers tower construction, antenna installation, and modification services to carriers in the eastern US. Comparable operating model and customer set to ATS but geographically non-overlapping.
• TWR Telecom: TWR Telecom provides tower construction, maintenance, and modification services in the western US. Comparable to ATS on regional tower services delivery and customer base (carriers, broadcasters) but serves different specific geographies.

Broad incumbents

• IES Communications: IES Communications provides low-voltage and communications infrastructure services including tower-adjacent structured cabling and equipment installation. Overlaps with ATS on equipment installation scope but as a much larger, publicly traded specialty contractor.
• MasTec Network Solutions: MasTec's Network Solutions division offers large-scale tower construction, modification, and maintenance across the US for major carriers. Overlaps with ATS on tower erection and modification but operates at significantly larger scale and across all geographies.
• QualTek (TowerMRL): QualTek provides tower construction, installation, and staffing services nationally following its TowerMRL acquisition. Comparable to ATS on crew leasing and tower modification services but with national reach and PE backing that ATS lacks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/advtower
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/advanced-tower-services-inc-

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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